Differential profiles of four groups of children referred to an autism diagnostic service in Belgium: Autism-specific hallmarks

Carlier, Sarah; Kurzeja, Nastasia; Ducenne, Lesley; Pauwen, Nathalie; Leys, Christophe; Delvenne, Véronique

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“…When present, these items mainly refer to general motor or rigid functioning. Lack of reference to the DSM-5 criteria implies the omission of sensory related items which have been proven to be highly specific to ASD (Baranek, Boyd, Poe, David, & Watson, 2007;Baranek, David, Poe, Stone, & Watson, 2006;Hilton, Harper, Holmeskueker, & Runzi Lang, 2010;Carlier et al, 2017;Stanciu & Delvenne, 2016). In our opinion, this specific shortfall undermines detection performances.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The initial version of the ADT is a simple behavioural checklist, with no screening purposes. Its development was based on a retrospective and exploratory study comparing behavioural profiles of children with ASD to mimicking and/or overlapping conditions (Carlier et al, 2017). Now available as a second level screener, the ADT combines two objectives (Table 2).…”

Section: The Autism Discriminative Tool (Adt)mentioning

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Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

Carlier

Ducenne

Leys

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Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Background: Autism screening remains a major challenge in most French-speaking countries. Two main issues contribute to this problematic situation: unavailability of tests in French and psychometric/ methodological weaknesses of existing instruments. These shortfalls result in late and inadequate referrals to autism specialist clinics, jeopardising both children's diagnosis and prognosis. This article describes the validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool (ADT), a teacher-rated level-two screener for children aged two to six years. It demonstrates how the ADT specific properties may help reduce actual screening challenges and improve referrals' adequacy to tertiary autism diagnostic services. Method: ADT items were prospectively tested in a community-based group (n = 118), children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 90) and non-ASD children presenting mimicking conditions such as intellectual disabilities, language impairments and various psychological disorders (n = 36). Children in the clinical samples were rated by their teacher at the beginning of a diagnostic assessment process within three specialised autism clinics. Results: results suggest that a 26-item version performs well as a stage-two screening device, with theoretical sensitivity rate of 0.83, specificity of 0.94 and an overall correct detection rate of 86.5%. Using different cut-off scores categories, results illustrate how inadequate referrals may be avoided as 44% of non-ASD children scored negatively on the questionnaire prior to their evaluation. Conclusions: based on blind teachers' ratings, the ADT appears to be a good complementary device to help French-speaking clinicians identify preschoolers needing multidisciplinary ASD diagnostic assessment.

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Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

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Leys

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“…5,6 Moreover, autistic children may self-injure and show elevated irritability which has been distinguished as a critical source of primary caregiver's anxiety, stress, and depression. 7,8 In general, the initial diagnosis of ASD affects the mothers and families. The literature indicates that obtaining a diagnosis is a difficult and frustrating phase for families.…”

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The primary caregiver’s stress: its correlation with the chronological and diagnostic age of children with autism spectrum disorder

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Background and Objective: Autism is a neurodevelopmental and heterogeneous disorder that affects people of all ages; also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Nurturing these children puts a tremendous burden on the primary caregivers. It may be due to some compelling reasons, including existential concerns to unknown etiology of autism and lack of understanding of its nature. The aim of the study was to evaluate the stress level in the primary caregivers and its relationship with child’s chronological and diagnosis age. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 96 primary caregivers (mothers, fathers, siblings, and grandparents) of children diagnosed with ASD reporting at government and non-government institutes of Lahore city. The childhood autism rating scale was used to confirm the diagnosis of autistic children. The parent stress scale was used to evaluate stress levels in primary caregivers. Results: The mean age of the autistic children was 5.1 ± 2.5 years, while the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 3.2 ± 1.1 years. The mean stress score was recorded as 52.3 ± 7.3, with the range of 36.0-70.0. No correlation (r = 0.015) was observed between stress score of primary caregivers and duration after diagnosis of autism in these children. However, negative associations (r = -0.044) were seen between primary caregiver’s stress and child’s chronological age. Conclusion: The majority of primary caregivers indicated bearing a significant level of stress, especially in managing the child in earlier years after diagnosis. Appropriate education, counseling, and rehabilitation services may play an important role in reducing the anxiety and stress over time in caregivers as the child’s age increases.

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ACF: An Autistic Personas’ Characteristics Source to Develop Empathy in Software Development Teams

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Differential profiles of four groups of children referred to an autism diagnostic service in Belgium: Autism-specific hallmarks

Abstract: Results illustrate the psychopathology of autism spectrum disorder suspected children referred to a specialized autism diagnostic service, doing so by providing us with specific clinical profiles.

Cited by 5 publications

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Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

The primary caregiver’s stress: its correlation with the chronological and diagnostic age of children with autism spectrum disorder

ACF: An Autistic Personas’ Characteristics Source to Develop Empathy in Software Development Teams

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Differential profiles of four groups of children referred to an autism diagnostic service in Belgium: Autism-specific hallmarks

Abstract: Results illustrate the psychopathology of autism spectrum disorder suspected children referred to a specialized autism diagnostic service, doing so by providing us with specific clinical profiles.

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

Improving autism screening in French-speaking countries: Validation of the Autism Discriminative Tool, a teacher-rated questionnaire for clinicians’ use

The primary caregiver&rsquo;s stress: its correlation with the chronological and diagnostic age of children with autism spectrum disorder

ACF: An Autistic Personas’ Characteristics Source to Develop Empathy in Software Development Teams

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The primary caregiver’s stress: its correlation with the chronological and diagnostic age of children with autism spectrum disorder